Slay and Isom are holding a press conference this morning in City Hall where they'll join forces with former U.S. attorney Ed Dowd, various municipal police chiefs, and Kathy Tremeear, a mother who lost her daughter to a red-light runner.

According to the mayor's office, red-light cameras can reduce injury crashes by 25 to 30 percent. And since their inception in St. Louis back in 2007, red-light cameras have resulted in reducing citations by over 65 percent. They mayor's office also says that courts across the nation have upheld the constitutionality of the cameras.

The bill, SB637, sponsored by Sen. Jim Lembke (R - south St. Louis County/City) was endorsed 23-8 last month but still would require final votes in the House and Senate before heading to the governor's desk.